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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
As previously announced, on June 24, 2020, uniQure biopharma BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of uniQure N.V. (the “Company”), entered into a commercialization and license agreement (the “Agreement”) with CSL Behring LLC (“CSL Behring”) providing CSL Behring exclusive global rights to etranacogene dezaparvovec, the Company’s investigational gene therapy for patients with hemophilia B (the “Transaction”).
On May 6, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing that the closing of the Transaction became effective on May 6, 2021 upon the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 on May 5, 2021. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company will receive a $450 million cash payment from CSL Behring by May 13, 2021 and will be eligible to receive up to $1.6 billion in payments based on regulatory and commercial milestones. The Company will also be eligible to receive tiered double-digit royalties in a range of up to a low-twenties percent of product sales.
The full text of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press Release of uniQure N.V. dated May 6, 2021. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| UNIQURE N.V. | ||
| Date: May 7, 2021 | By: | /S/ MATTHEW KAPUSTA |
| Matthew Kapusta | ||
| Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ||